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By Andy Slaughter MP / @hammersmithandy In June, we welcomed the government's endorsement of the UN's Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework on Business and Human Rights, which works to provide greater access to justice for victims of…
By Andy Slaughter MP Expect to read a lot about the 24 'free' schools opening in England in the next few weeks. Not because this is a significant change in the education system but because it is a ideological priority for the government…
Dispatches from the frontline of Planet Cameron By Andy Slaughter MP Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham councils have unveiled plans to merge some services and administrative functions. If these proposals are to…
Dispatches from the frontline of Planet Cameron By Andy Slaughter MP Confusion has reigned in Hammersmith & Fulham recently over the future of its 15 Children's Centres, set up by the Labour government. There was heavy censure in the local…
By Andy Slaughter MP / @HammersmithAndy David Davis said at the weekend they may not 'work well in poorer parts of the country'. Sarah Teather said they were a 'shambles' and a 'gimmick' two weeks before becoming Michael Gove's schools…
By Andy Slaughter MP On Monday, the same day the Localism Bill had its second reading in Parliament, Eric Pickles, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government described one Tory council, Hammersmith & Fulham, as "the apple of my…
By Andy Slaughter MP When Ed Miliband wrote in his Fabian essay that, to win again, we need to escape New Labour's culture of 'belittling any attempt to move on from past verities', he more or less predicted the content of yesterday's…
By Andy Slaughter MP / @AndySlaughterMP On the London section of the Politics Show last Sunday Shaun Bailey repeatedly stuck his foot in it on the issue of sewage - as has been picked up on the blogosphere. If you speak to anyone who lives…
By Andy Slaughter MP Commenting on my LabourList article "The secret documents that reveal Tory plans for social cleansing of the poor in West London" at the weekend, many of you asked to see the original documents I received as a result of…
By Andy Slaughter MP Hammersmith & Fulham Council has recently announced plans to demolish 3,500 homes on estates they have declared "not decent neighbourhoods". The full story in Evening Standard's article "Plot to rid council estates of…
By Andy Slaughter UPDATE: Friday 20th February: Tel Aviv - 12:28 pm, Fri 20th Feb 2009 Last night we had dinner with Jocelyn Hurndall. Jocelyn's son Tom was deliberately shot by an Israeli sniper while protecting children in Gaza in 2003…
By Andy Slaughter I have tendered my resignation from the government because of my opposition to a third runway at Heathrow. I do so with great regret, as I've enjoyed my last three years at the Departments of Transport, Trade and Industry…
